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Tragic Week (Spain)

Social revolt

Summary

Social revolt

Field	Value
title	Tragic Week
partof	the Second Rif War
image	File:TragicWeekroundup.jpg
caption	Suspects rounded up by the Civil Guard.
date	26 July – 2 August 1909
place	Barcelona
causes	Opposition to conscription and the Second Rif War
Antimilitarism
Anti-clericalism
methods	Rioting, strikes, barricades, arson and murder
side1	Anarchists
Socialists
Republicans
side2	Spanish Army
Civil Guard
casualties3	Arrests: 1,700
Injuries: 441
Deaths: 104 to 150 civilians and 8 military. Five further civilians were executed after the riots.
casualties_label	Arrests/Injuries/Deaths

Antimilitarism Anti-clericalism Socialists Republicans Civil Guard Injuries: 441 Deaths: 104 to 150 civilians and 8 military. Five further civilians were executed after the riots.

Background

The incident began when a party of conscripts, destined for Morocco, boarded ships owned by the marquess of Comillas, a prominent Catholic industrialist. The soldiers were the subject of patriotic addresses, the playing of the Royal March, and the distribution of religious medals by well dressed ladies. The conscripts remained silent but many of the onlookers jeered and whistled, and emblems of the Sacred Heart were thrown into the sea.

Outbreak

By Tuesday, workers had occupied much of central Barcelona, halting troop trains and overturning trams. By Thursday, there was street fighting, with a general eruption of riots, strikes, and the burning of convents. Many of the rioters were antimilitarist, anticolonial and anticlerical. The rioters considered the Roman Catholic Church a part of the corrupt middle and upper class whose sons did not have to go to war, and much public opinion had been turned against the Church by anarchist elements within the city. Thus, not only were convents burned, but sepulchers were profaned and graves were emptied.

References

Sources

Carolyn P. Boyd, Praetorian Politics in Liberal Spain, The Library of Iberian Resources Online
Ullman, Joan Connelly. The Tragic Week: A Study of Anticlericalism in Spain, 1875–1912. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1968.
Andreu Martín: Barcelona Trágica (Ediciones B, 2009 -castellano-); (Edicions Ara, 2009 -catalán-)

References

Dalmau, A. (2009). ''Set dies de fúria: Barcelona i la Setmana Trágica''. Columna. pp. 59-60.
Mary Vincent, Spain 1833 - 2002 p.103
Dolors Marín, "Barcelona en llamas: La Semana Trágica", ''La Aventura de la Historia'', Año 11, no. 129, p. 47.

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